gĩthũnũ
Kikuyu
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun
editgĩthũnũ class 7 (plural ithũnũ)
- roughly built hut[2]
- initiation candidates' hut built adjacent to the women's sleeping place of the senior co-wife's hut[2]
See also
edit- (initiation candidates' hut): kĩganda
References
edit- ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “gĩthũnũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 536. Oxford: Clarendon Press.